Dirty Little Secrets (Kings of Bolten 1)

“But you’re a lord. You’re in his crew.”

“Yeah, well, we all make mistakes, right?”

“Are you saying—”

“I’m saying nothing. I just wanted to check on you. That’s all. The kings aren’t much better than we are. Has Dominic hurt you?” He frowned, his eyes locked on mine as he waited for an answer.

I shook my head. “No.”

He nodded and gave me another smile. “I’m glad. I’m not a fan of the kings, but as long as no one is hurting you, that’s all that matters.”

“Really?”

“Of course. Seeing the things Hail was putting you through nearly made me lose my sanity. In fact, we got into it right after that shit went down in his room. After you left, we fought.”

“You fought? Why would you fight? You all got what you wanted.” I crossed my arms over my chest and stared him down.

“Because he forced you to do those things,” he seethed through gritted teeth. “Do you think I liked watching that happen to you? Fuck, Bianca. If I could’ve stopped it, I would have. He would’ve just made it worse on you and accused you of some fucking bullshit that’s not true. We had to endure. I’m so fucking sorry you had to do that.”

“You liked it though,” I said softly, remembering how he’d guided my head as I’d sucked his dick. How he’d groaned as he filled my mouth. Something about it made heat pool between my legs even now. I swallowed, not knowing what the hell was wrong with me. I’d just gotten away from the lords and here I was entertaining the idea of . . . what? Doing that again with Fallon?

“Of course, I liked it.” He let out an exasperated sigh. “You’re fucking gorgeous, and you suck dick like a pro. But it was wrong. I want to apologize for it. I’m not that kind of guy. The kind who forces a girl to do that shit. So yeah, I liked it. That doesn’t change what it was though, and that’s fucked up.”

I nodded, not sure what was happening in the pit of my gut as butterflies bounced back and forth. Maybe I’d gone momentarily insane. “Well, thanks, I guess.”

He sucked on his bottom lip for a moment as his eyes raked over me. “Hail will kill me if he finds me with you.”

“The kings will kill me if they find me with you.”

“Right. You’ll be safe going to your dorm. Hail and the guys are with Stella right now, probably taking turns on her.”

“And you’re here, breaking the rules.”

“I guess I am.” He stepped closer to me until we were nearly touching. “But I’m not the greatest at following them as of late.” He reached out and thumbed my bottom lip, a frown on his face.

What was happening? Fallon was the nice one. What the hell was he doing? What was I doing? Maybe this was part of Hail trying to get me killed with the kings. Send Fallon who he knew was kind to me to get me into trouble for consorting with him.

I backed away and swallowed the butterflies.

“Thank you. I need to go.” I turned and began walking away.

“Bianca,” he called out.

I stopped and looked at him over my shoulder. “Yeah?”

“Nothing.” His smile shook. “Be safe, OK?”

I gave him a curt nod and left him in the dark recess of the buildings, wondering what the hell had just happened between us. There was fire. A connection. Something that would most certainly get me killed if the kings found out about it.

But maybe that was part of the plan.

Twenty-Two

Bianca

“I thought our deal was if I had sex with you, you’d protect me. I didn’t know it included cleaning up your damn messes,” I snapped at Dominic as I fluffed his pillows before swooping down to grab his shoes so I could put them in his closet.

“Am I not making sure you’re protected?”